E|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------| x3
D|------------|
A|-3----------|
E|-----1------|

[Verse 1]
F
We didn't have nowhere to live,
                          Dm
We didn't have nowhere to go

'til someone said
C
"I know this place off Burditt Road."
F
It was on the fifteenth floor,
                             Dm
It had a board across the door.

It took an hour
C
To pry it off and get inside.
Bb 
It smelt as if someone had died.

The living-room was full of flies,
F
The kitchen sink was blocked,
C
the bathroom sink not there at all.

[Chorus]
Cm               Bb
Ooh, it's a mess alright,
         Gb  F
Yes it's Mile End.

[Verse 2]
F
And now we're living in the sky!
                              Dm
I'd never thought I'd live so high,

Just like Heaven 
C
(if it didn't look like Hell.)
F
The lift is always full of piss,
                                   Dm
The fifth floor landing smells of fish
C
(Not just on Friday, every single other day.)
Bb
Below the kids come out tonight,

They kick a ball and have a fight
F                       
And maybe shoot somebody if they lose at pool.

[Chorus]
Cm               Bb
Ooh, it's a mess alright,
         Gb  F
Yes it's Mile End. (mumbled mutterings....)
Oo-ooh

[Verse 3]
F
Nobody wants to be your friend
                              Dm
'cause you're not from round here,
                     C
ooh  as if that was  something to be proud about.
F
The pearly king of the Isle of Dogs
                             Dm
feels up children in the bogs.
            
Down by the playing fields,
C
someone sets a car on fire
Bb
I guess you have to go right down
     F
before you understand just how,
C         
how low,  how low a human being can go.

[Chorus]
Cm               Bb
Ooh, it's a mess alright,
         Gb  F
Yes it's Mile End.
(don't do that! Leave it out!)  
Bababa...
Lalala...